# robots.txt for StackLabHQ — Free AI Tools
# https://freeaitools2026.github.io/freeaitools/
# Last updated: 2026-04-18

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# Default: Allow all search engines
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

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# Major Search Engines (explicit allow)
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User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

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# AI Training Bots - allowed for visibility
# (helps surface on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude etc.)
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User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

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# Block bad / spam bots
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User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

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# Sitemaps
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Sitemap: https://freeaitools2026.github.io/freeaitools/sitemap.xml